The certificate award ceremony of the special course “Filmmaking and Television Journalism for Peace and Tolerance” was held on September 10 at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) campus in Bashundhara. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and IUB jointly organised the special course. A total of 23 participants from Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, American International University (AIUB) and IUB participated in this four-month-long project. Prof M Omar Rahman, vice chancellor of IUB, attended the programme as the chief guest and distributed the certificates to the participants. Wallied Shirzoi, representative from UCSD, spoke on the occasion. Among others, Dr G M Shahidul Alam, head of the department of Media and Communication and the country director of the project and Prof Dr Zakir Hossain Raju, dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, IUB, also spoke on the occasion.
Jessica Tartila, faculty member, IUB, conducted the ceremony.
